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“16 rifles… have been brought to this Station from the residence of John Hogan”

Dublin Metropolitan Police Telephone

Newmarket Station of Origin Date 27 4 1916 Received at 11.55am Sent at 11.55am

From IS Gibbon memoTo Chief Comm

16 rifles, 3 bayonets and 314 rounds of ammunition for sporting rifles have been brought to this Station from the residence of John Hogan 8 Watkins Buildings, He states he forgot to mention that the bayonet and ammunition were in his possession when he reported the matter this morning when you received a memo on